Disobedience

God does not require our obedience to get His will done on earth. He can use our disobedience just as He can use our obedience. So then what is the purpose of obedience? Our obedience is not for God's benefit but for ours. We can receive the blessings of obedience if we would obey. God didn't need the Israelites obedience to capture Ai but the Israelites needed the obedience to be in the pathway of holiness. The old hymn told us, "Trust and obey/for there is no other way/to be happy in Jesus/but to trust and obey.